The Boy
Abbey Theatre
★★★★☆
In an age when the Oedipus myth is having a moment – Robert Icke’s political-thriller version, Ella Hickson’s climate-inflected update, Hofesh Shechter’s expressionistic dance chorus – Marina Carr’s The Boy enters a crowded conversation.
Unsurprisingly, the playwright distinguishes herself with a uniquely Irish sense of fatalism and wit. The language slips easily between lyrical and local: “put manners on them” lands as both a wry joke and a theological rebuke.
[ Marina Carr and Caitríona McLaughlin on The Boy: ‘We’re constantly being told w
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